Madonna's New NYC Pad

Address. East 81 ST, Between Lexington & Third Aves, Manhattan's swanky Upper East Side
New Owner: Madonna Louise Ciccone
Sold Price: $ 32, 500,000 (about £19.5m) + Several Millions of dollars in Renovations

Basic Voyeur: Georgian style Townhouse, made up of three separate townhouses, 26 Rooms, including, 2 Kitchen's, 13 Bedroom's, huge (for Manhattan) garden, roof terrace, 2 private Garages


Boyfrapp View: When news came that Madonna had signed a contract on this huge super wide townhouse back in April NYC property bitches went into melt down. Apparently because of its location, although it was well known Madge was looking at multi-million mansions on the more conservative Upper East side for over a year after falling out with the Co-op board of her Central Park West abode, about purchasing another apartment in the buildings to add to her already huge pad there, the board refused so Madonna had to do what she always does threaten to sue them and eventually getting her own way. But we can't help feeling this led to some bad blood between the superstar and the neighbours. Anyway the location of this townhouse was in what the snobby upper east siders called the 'Far East' away (a 10 min walk) from the prime UES locations of Park Ave and Fifth Ave, and of course Central Park itself. It was the garages that did it allowing Madonna private in and out access. However it now looks like Madge has had the last laugh completing the purchase of the vast property by knocking off a cool $9.5 m of the asking price of $42,000,000.

Even though Madonna is meant to be a bit of a traditionalist at heart we can't help feeling the decor is a bit old womanish even for Madge. Plus the floorplan could be vastly improve from its current state, essentially at the mo its split into two with one side for the residents and one smaller side for staff, how very Victorian. So get the gay interior designers in and blow a few million to get it back up to the $40 mil mark. Already Madonna has pissed off the neighbours with mass renovations and redesigning under way whilst the queen is on tour. Apparently the work is so big the road itself had to close, with angry residents yelling 'there goes the neighbourhood', nothing like endearing yourself to the neighbours. Anyway the location may not be prime Upper East Side at the mo, but it will soon be the coolest, not because of Madonna living there, because Lourdes will be.